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Elaboration

/ɪˌlæbəˈreɪʃən/
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(noun) The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.

Further elaboration or ornament would only detract from the perfection of its simplicity.
This summary is too succinct; it needs further elaboration to make it understandable.
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Further ____ or ornament would only detract from the perfection of its simplicity.

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